Pablo Villar
 Villar in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Villar Ferreiro | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Avilés, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Head Coach | ||
Pablo Villar Ferreiro (born 4 September 1986) is a Spanish football Uefa Pro Coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He was most recently the head coach of Chinese Super League club Meizhou Hakka.
Playing career
[edit]Born in Avilés, Asturias, Villar , Real Avilés CF and Pontevedra CF as a youth. He made his senior debut with Tercera División side Villalonga FC in 2006, and later represented Arosa SC before returning to his home region in 2007.[1]
Villar signed for CD Cudillero in the third tier on 15 August 2007.[2] He moved to fellow league team SD Compostela on 11 July 2008.[3]
On 14 July 2009, Villar returned to Avilés, now for the first team also in the third division.[4] He returned to Compos in July 2010, but left the club in November due to their financial problems,[5] and trained with Marino before signing for Ribadesella CF on 1 February 2011.[6]
Managerial career
[edit]In 2011, he was appointed manager of AD Ribadedeva in the Primera Regional de Asturias.
In June 2012, Villar became Fabri González's assistant at Segunda División side SD Huesca.[7] On 25 June 2013, he returned to managerial duties, being named at the helm of Luarca CF in the third tier.[8][9] He left the club in the following May, and was appointed CD Tineo manager on 22 May 2014.[10]
Villar led Tineo to a first-ever promotion the third tier in his first season,[11] and left the club in 2016, after avoiding relegation.
On 2016, Villar was named manager of Urraca CF, still in division three.[12] He left the club the following 14 February, after being hired by the Chinese Ministry of Education to work in Tianjin.[13]
Villar returned to Spain in December 2017, joining Fabri's staff as first assistant coach at Lorca FC in the spanish second division.[14] He followed the manager to FC Karpaty Lviv in the Premier League of Ukraine before being named assistant at Qingdao Hainiu FC on 20 December 2019.[15]
In October 2021, Villar became the first Spaniard to manage in the Slovak Super Liga, after being appointed in charge of FK Pohronie.[16] He took over FK Riteriai in Lithuania's A Lyga on 24 May 2022.[17] In his first season, the team almost qualified to the European Competition.
On 2 June 2023, Villar signed a one-year contract at F.C. Vizela of the Portuguese Primeira Liga, succeeding Tulipa.[18][19] On 18 December 2023, Villar reached an agreement with the board of Vizela to stop their contract for being appointed as manager of Chinese Super League club Meizhou Hakka.[20] He won the "42nd Guandong-Hong Kong Cup" in February 2024.
Clubs
[edit]Head Coach
[edit]| Club | País | Año |
|---|---|---|
| SD Huesca (assistant coach) |  Spain
|
2012-2013 |
| Luarca CF | 2013-2014 | |
| Club Deportivo Tineo | 2014-2016 | |
| Urraca Club de Fútbol | 2016-2017 | |
| Lorca FC (assistant coach) | 2017-2018 | |
| Karpaty Lviv (assistant coach) |  Ukraine
|
2018-2019 |
| Qingdao Jonoon (assistant coach) |  China
|
2019-2020 |
| FK Pohronie |  Slovakia
|
2021-2021 |
| FK Riteriai |  Lithuania
|
2022-2023 |
| Vizela |  Portugal
|
2023 |
| Meizhou Hakka | China
|
2024 |
References
[edit]- ^ "No me conformo, quiero jugar más" [I am not satisfied, I want to play more] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Villar ficha por el Cudillero" [Villar signs for Cudillero] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "El meta avilesino Pablo Villar ficha por el Compostela" [The avilesino goalkeeper Pablo Villar signs for Compostela] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Fichaje del portero Pablo Villar" [Signing of goalkeeper Pablo Villar] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Pablo Villar dejó Santiago y se está entrenando con el Marino" [Pablo Villar left Santiago and is training with Marino] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Javier Gómez llega para enderezar al Llanes" [Javier Gómez arrives to address Llanes] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Pablo Villar, segundo entrenador de la SD Huesca a petición de Fabri González" [Pablo Villar, SD Huesca assistant manager at Fabri González's request]. Ideal (in Spanish). 20 June 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Novedades en Tercera" [News in Tercera] (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ Menor, Santy (15 July 2013). "El avilesino Pablo Villar rompe moldes" [Pablo Villar from Avilés breaks moulds]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Movimientos en los banquillos" [Movements on the bench] (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Apuesto por el ascenso del Real Avilés" [I bet on Real Avilés' promotion] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "El Urraca confía en Pablo Villar para liderar su escalada clasificatoria" [Urraca trust in Pablo Villar to lead their climb in the classification] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Pablo Villar deja el Urraca y se marcha a China" [Pablo Villar leaves Urraca and moves to China] (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ Martínez, Alfonso (22 December 2017). "Fabri, nuevo técnico, asume el resto de intentar salvar al Lorca" [Fabri, new manager, assumes the challenge of trying to save Lorca]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Nueva experiencia para Pablo Villar en China" [New experience for Pablo Villar in China] (in Spanish). Fútbol Asturiano. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ Menor, Santy (7 October 2021). "Entrenar en una máxima categoría es algo irrechazable" [Managing in a top tier is something you cannot turn down]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Pablo Villar cambia Eslovaquia por Lituania" [Pablo Villar swaps Slovakia for Lithuania]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Pablo Villar é o novo treinador" [Pablo Villar is the new manager] (in Portuguese). FC Vizela. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Vizela apresenta treinador espanhol como sucessor de Tulipa" [Vizela present Spanish manager as Tulipa's successor]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Oficial: Pablo Villar rumou à China" [Official: Pablo Villar headed to China]. A Bola (in European Portuguese). 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Pablo Villar player profile at BDFutbol
- Pablo Villar manager profile at BDFutbol
- Pablo Villar at WorldFootball.net
- Pablo Villar at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1986 births
- People from Avilés
- Footballers from Asturias
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Tercera División players
- Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players
- SD Compostela footballers
- Real Avilés Industrial CF footballers
- Spanish football managers
- Luarca CF managers
- CD Tineo managers
- Urraca CF managers
- FK Pohronie managers
- FK Riteriai managers
- F.C. Vizela managers
- Meizhou Hakka F.C. managers
- Tercera División managers
- Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol managers
- Slovak First Football League managers
- A Lyga managers
- Primeira Liga managers
- Chinese Super League managers
- Spanish expatriate football managers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate football managers in Slovakia
- Expatriate football managers in Lithuania
- Expatriate football managers in Portugal
- Expatriate football managers in China
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen